Keep your seatbelts fastened.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 11:36 AM
About 30 passengers and crew have been injured after turbulence forced a Qantas Airbus to land at Learmonth Airport about 1.45pm, near the northern WA town of Exmouth 1200km from Perth today.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman Ian Sangston said 15 of the passengers and cabin crew had suffered serious injuries, including broken bones and lacerations, after a "sudden in-flight upset" on QF72, which was due to land in Perth at 2.10pm.
This is twice in as many weeks this kind of thing has happened and it shows that seat belts should remain fastened at all times.